I'm in shock.
Don't understand how athletics is still around as a top level professional sport, to be honest.
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Seems to have taken a long time to get her to final admit cheating. One of the most high profile for a long time. I presume she will be striped of her titles (7 years later) & have to give back medals & prize money. Of course she never failed a test...US athlete Marion Jones has pleaded guilty to lying about her steroid use to US investigators, which could see her jailed and stripped of her medals.
The 31-year-old had previously denied using performance-enhancing drugs ahead of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where she won five medals - three of them gold.
In court she admitted using a steroid between September 2000 and July 2001, and lying to a federal inquiry in 2003.
After leaving court a tearful Ms Jones said she was retiring from athletics.
"Because of my actions I am retiring from the sport of track and field, a sport which I deeply love," she said, admitting she had broken the trust of her fans.
Ms Jones said she was told by her former coach Trevor Graham that she was taking flaxseed oil, a nutritional supplement, when it was actually a steroid known as "the clear".
"By November 2003, I realised he was giving me performance-enhancing drugs," she told the judge at court in New York.
I'm in shock.
Don't understand how athletics is still around as a top level professional sport, to be honest.
but sure taking performance enhancing drugs in america doesn't matter, acheivements still stand!!
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Does this mean the person who finished 4th will get bumped up to bronze etc etc?
I remember when Roy Jones failed a high profile drugs test in a world title fight and it was just swept under the carpet. I think it helped that his opponent also tested positive!!!
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Like a certain ex Cork City player's lawyer?
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He got caught before he competed so we will never know.
Isn't it funny how Irish drug cheats find the same new profession.
I don't think they will have any option but to award her the gold as she was apparently clean then. Very embarrassing though.
Yeah, probably. Just seems to me that there's no particular skill involved in athletics - all you have to be is pumped up with drugs more than the next person - and yet it's still hugely popular. Like even in football, I could take any drugs under the sun and I'd still be a poor footballer. There's at least skil to admire in other sports, even if their stamina is boosted by drugs.
There's a huge amount of skill/technique involved in every athletics event. Its not just running as fast as possible, or throwing as hard as possible...
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OR conditioning will get you to a place, and only improving your technique will get you the rest of the way....
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Hardly a shock really. She used to be trained by Charlie Francis. She was married to CJ Jones who was banned from the Olympics for drug use. She then had a kid with Tim Montgomery who, you've guessed it, is banned from the sport.
She's a cute girl but obviously not the smartest.
That self publicist fat fcuk traitor lover Humphries creamed himself over this in yesterday's IT. Naturally enough he managed to fit in camogie into the article. Surprised he didnt slag off John O'Donoghue or Rovers.
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Ever hear of guilt by association? She received a four year suspension in 1998 after being found guilty of tampering with a urine sample. The ban was imposed after a urine sample taken during a routine random drug test was found to be contaminated with alcohol. Draw your own conclusions. The IOC could easily had grounds to take those medals but didn't.
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